The competition was played for the second time Taiheiyo Club - Ichihara Course in Chiba Prefecture. The experience from the Spring event when we played the blue tees, this time the white tees where used, which made the course about 500 yards shorter, which in part explains the improved scores. E.g. the FCCJ team average was 10 strokes better than in the spring.
The individual winner (best net) was Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) with a net 66 (gross 84), followed by 7 other FCCJ players.
Gösta Tyrefors was the best SCCJ player in 9th place with a net 73 and he home the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup.
Kaj Forsell had the best gross score in the competition, 84, although the guest player, Björn Skåman, had even a better score with 81.
For full results, see below.
The winners of the longest drive were Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) and Mats Person. The SCCJ longest drive trophy was decided through "jan-ken-pon" and this was won by Takagi. Near pin winners where Seppo Rantanen (FCCJ on no. 3), Björn Skåman (SCCJ guest on no. 6), Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ on no. 12) and Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ on no. 16).

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan, SAS and Nokia Japan as well as all the players who brought nice prizes to the competition. Our thanks go also to the Taiheiyo Club Ichihara Course and all the other staff for again helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Pos.

Player

Company

Team

HCP

Gross

Net

1.

Kaj Forsell

Finpro

FCCJ

18

84

66

2.

Tsutomu Fujii

Vaisala K.K.

FCCJ

22

90

68

3.

Kenji Matsumoto

Metso Paper K.K.

FCCJ

20

90

70

4.

Katsuo Sato

Kikukawa Kogyo K.K.

FCCJ

13

85

72

5.

Takeshi Yokoyama

Finnair

FCCJ

22

94

72

6.

Hiroaki Sakurai

Vaisala K.K.

FCCJ

25

97

72

7.

Masaki Saito

Vaisala K.K.

FCCJ

30

102

72

8.

Seppo Rantanen

Koitto K.K.

FCCJ

18

91

73

9.

Gösta Tyrefors

Gadelius K.K.

SCCJ

18

91

73

10.

Clas G. Bystedt

FCCJ

FCCJ

22

95

73

11.

Masahiro Kuroda

Individual member

FCCJ

23

96

73

12.

Seppo Kimanen

Embassy of Finland

FCCJ

19

93

74

13.

Osamu Hoshino

Gujita Metal Trading

FCCJ

23

97

74

14.

Carl-Gustav Eklund

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

14

89

75

15.

Eiji Takagi

Individual Member

SCCJ

9

85

76

16.

George Fujii

Inter Associates Japan

SCCJ

20

96

76

17.

Sachiyo Maejima

Inter Associates Japan

SCCJ

25

101

76

18.

Hirokuni Yoshida

Ourokumpu K.K.

FCCJ

26

103

77

19.

Kimio Hashida

Nokia Japan

FCCJ

16

94

78

20.

Masaoki Fujita

Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.

FCCJ

20

98

78

21.

Michael Gabrielsson

Mercuri International

SCCJ

8

87

79

22.

Hiroshi Muira

Metso Paper K.K.

FCCJ

20

100

80

23.

Toyoaki Uchida

UPM-Kymmene Japan KK

FCCJ

12

93

81

24.

Yuka Miyamoto

Stora Enso Japan

FCCJ

36

118

82

25.

Patrik Melander

Nippon Ericsson K.K.

SCCJ

18

101

83

26.

Hisatake Iwakura

Stora Enso Japan

FCCJ

28

111

83

27.

Stefan Gustafsson.

IFS Japan Ltd

SCCJ

30

114

84

28.

Mats Person

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

10

95

85

29.

Eero Tammila

Finnair

FCCJ

20

107

87

30.

Lennart Johansson

Individual member

SCCJ

30

118

88

31.

Yoshiki Asano

MHS Konecranes

FCCJ

30

118

88

32.

Timo Varhama

UPM-Kymmene Japan KK

FCCJ

22

111

89

33.

Tuomo Kuuppo

Stora Enso Japan

FCCJ

20

114

94

34.

Fujio Ota

Tumlare Corporation

SCCJ

12

108

96

35.

Ole Johansson

SAS

SCCJ

30

149

119

- - - - Guest - - - -

Björn Skåman

Höganäs

9

81

72

Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.

Images from the event

The 36 players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.

Slightly wet and foggy at the start of the game.

Timo Varhama playing on the 4th.

Timo Varhama, Eiji Takagi and Ole Johansson on no. 5.

Timo Varhama walking up the 10th fairway under clear skies.

Eiji Takagi's tee shot on the beautiful 12th hole.

The 14th hole, more water...

Timo Varhama's tee shot on the 16th hole.

The signature hole (18th) from the tee.

Ole Johansson teeing off at the 18th.

Approaching the club house over water.

Nice view of the the 18th.

Another view of the the 18th with several players using the provisional tee for balls hit in the water....

Enjoying the party and waiting for prize ceremony to start.

Seppo Rantanen and Eero Tammila relaxing.

Hirokuni Yoshida, Osamu Hoshino and Fujio Ota enjoying the party and company.